J/ApJS/120/399 ULYSSES supplement to GRB 3B catalog (Hurley+, 1999) ================================================================================ The ULYSSES Supplement to the BATSE 3B Catalog of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts Hurley K., Briggs M. S., Kippen R. M., Kouveliotou C., Meegan C., Fishman G., Cline T., Boer M. =1999ApJS..120..399H (SIMBAD/NED BibCode) ================================================================================ ADC_Keywords: Combined data; Gamma rays; Fundamental catalog Mission_Name: ULYSSES Keywords: catalogs - gamma rays: bursts Abstract: We present interplanetary network localization information for 218 gamma-ray bursts in the third BATSE catalog obtained by analyzing the arrival times of these bursts with the Ulysses and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory spacecraft. For any given burst observed by these two spacecraft, arrival time analysis (or "triangulation") results in an annulus of possible arrival directions whose half-width varies between 7'' and 32', depending on the intensity and time history of the burst and the distance of the Ulysses spacecraft from Earth. This annulus generally intersects the BATSE error circle, which results in an average reduction of a factor of 30 of the error box area. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table2.dat 75 218 Interplanetary network GRB parameters -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: J/ApJS/122/465 : 4th BATSE gamma-ray burst catalog (Paciesas+, 1999) J/ApJS/122/497 : Ulysses supplement to the BATSE 4Br catalog (Hurley+, 1999) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 4 I4 yr Burst.Y Year of Burst (UT) 5- 7 A3 "month" Burst.M Month of Burst (UT) 9- 10 I2 d Burst.D Day of Burst (UT) 14- 15 I2 h Burst.h Hour of Burst (UT) 17- 18 I2 min Burst.m Minute of Burst (UT) 20- 21 I2 s Burst.s Second of Burst (UT) 23- 26 I4 --- 3B BATSE burst number 28- 33 F6.2 deg BRAdeg [0,360] BATSE RA (J2000) 35- 40 F6.2 deg BDEdeg [-90,+90] BATSE Dec (J2000) 42- 46 F5.2 deg BRad BATSE error annulus radius (1{sigma}) 48- 54 F7.3 deg RAdeg InterPlanetary Network (IPN) RA (J2000) (1) 56- 62 F7.3 deg DEdeg IPN Dec (J2000) (1) 64- 69 F6.3 deg Rad IPN error annulus radius (1) 71- 75 F5.3 deg halfW ]0,] IPN annulus half-width -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Corrected to the heliocentric frame. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History: From ApJ electronic edition ================================================================================ (End) Greg Schwarz (AAS) 26-Jan-2000